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S. B. JEROME.

HORSESHOE.

No. 371,327. Patented Oct. 11,1887.

WITNESSES INVENTOR 4M5 BY M 2 ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL B. JEROME, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,327. dated October11, 1887.

Application filed December 31, 1886. Serial No. 223,147.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAuUEL B. JEROME, of the city, county, and State ofNew York,have invented a new and Improved Horseshoe, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists ofa horseshoe having its calks struck out of theweb of the shoe within the areaof its width, pockets being formed at theupper surface of the shoeto receive ointment for medicating the hoof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my new and improved horseshoe, andFig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same.

The horseshoe A is made with one or more calks. a, struck out of thebody or web b of the shoe by a droppress, die, rollers, or otherwise.The forming of the calks also at the same time forms the pockets 0 atthe upper surface of the material of the shoe, the same being depressedto set out the calks upon the opposite side. The nail-holes (I may alsobe formed in the shoe at the time and by the same operation that thecalks are formed.

When the shoes are applied to the horses foot,the pockets 0 may befilled with hoof-ointment or other substance to medieate the hoof andkeep it moist and in a healthy state.

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By striking the calks out of the web or body of the shoe the labor ofmaking extra calks is avoided and the shoe is reduced in weight, whileit is at the same time as serviceable as the ordinary hand-made orhand-calked shoe. A shoe thus formed possesses the advantages oflightness and cheapness.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a horseshoe having several cavities,0, formed in the upper surface of the shoe, wholly between the edges ofthe shoe-web, and formed with several calks, a, upon its under surface,and also wholly within the edges of the sl1oe-web,substantially asdescribed.

2. The horseshoe A, formed with heel and toe cavities c, and one or moreside cavities between the heel and toe cavities, and formed with heeland toe calks a, and one or more side calks between the heel and toecalks, the cavities c and calks a being formed wholly between the edgesof the web of the shoe, thus forming parallel surfaces at both the innerand outer edge of the shoe, substantially as described.

SAMUEL B. JEROME.

Witnesses:

H. A. WEST, J. F. AOKER, Jr.

